AlterNet: Piecing Together the Murder of Dr. George Tiller: Right-Wing Violence Rears Its Head

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Piecing Together the Murder of Dr. George Tiller: Right-Wing Violence Rears Its Head

By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. Posted June 1, 2009.

Tiller was the target of vicious on-air attacks by Bill O'Reilly. Could the murderer have been inspired by O'Reilly's rants?



Dr. George Tiller, 67, one of the few OB-GYNs in the country who performed late-term abortions despite ongoing threats to his safety, was fatally shot yesterday while attending a church service in Wichita, Kan. Scott Roeder, 51, has been detained for questioning.

Roeder -- a registered Republican previously arrested for having bomb materials in his car -- posted this chilling message on an Operation Rescue Web site called Charge Tiller in 2007 (via the Daily Kos):

It seems as though what is happening in Kansas could be compared to the "lawlessness" which is spoken of in the Bible. Tiller is the concentration camp "Mengele" of our day and needs to be stopped before he and those who protect him bring judgement upon our nation.

Tiller had long faced the threat of right-wing violence. The Tiller Women’s Health Clinic clinic was bombed in 1985; in 1993, Tiller was shot in both arms by abortion protester Rachelle Shannon. The heavily fortified clinic was guarded by a private security team, and Tiller relied on a bodyguard outside of work. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/140373/piecing_together_the_murder_of_dr._george_tiller%3A_right-wing_violence_rears_its_head/

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1. Of course he could

That's why I think Skeezix O'Reilly is at least partially responsible for what happened yesterday.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Do you think O'Liely will say anything about this

on his show? Will he say it is great, or will he condemn the man for murdering the doctor in church AND threatening the lives of other churchgoers (he threatened two with his gun, according to news reports). Or will this idiot say that it is perfectly justified to murder members of the doctor's church because, well, they went to the same church and are therefore fair game?

[jazzjunkysue]

3. If you phone any of these on-air haters, they'll tell you it's entertainment.

So, how come someone's dead?

If your entertainment is so powerful that it inspires violence, should it be protected?

[Karenina]

4. Google: Hate radio+Rwanda

With a worsening economic squeeze, your poisoned airways are a real and present danger.